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Mass. prison head opposes sex-change surgery for inmate
Friday, May 09, 2008
BOSTON (AP) Allowing a convicted killer to get a sex-change operation would pose insurmountable safety and security problems for

Lawyer: DC sniper now wants to fight his death sentence
Friday, May 09, 2008
McLEAN, Va. (AP) Convicted sniper John Allen Muhammad has changed his mind again and now wants to go forward

Nevada judge accused of demanding royal treatment
Friday, May 09, 2008
LAS VEGAS (AP) Elizabeth Halverson is a judge. But the way courthouse staffers see it, she expects to be

Mo. woman pleads, will be sentenced in stolen baby attack
Friday, May 09, 2008
UNION, Mo. (AP) A woman who slashed a young mother and kidnapped her newborn entered into a plea deal

Convicted NYC lawyer sentenced to 25-to-life for murder
Friday, May 09, 2008
NEW YORK (AP) A lawyer has been sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for arranging the murder

Judge recommends suppression motion in terror case be denied
Friday, May 09, 2008
ATLANTA (AP) A federal magistrate judge recommends not throwing out evidence found in the luggage of a man accused

NC officials: Fatal twister could have been worse
Friday, May 09, 2008
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) Amber Parker watched on television as the storm near her home grew into a tornado threat.

Yale Club settles ex-nominee Bork's suit over 2006 stumble
Friday, May 09, 2008
NEW YORK (AP) One-time U.S. Supreme Court nominee Robert H. Bork has settled a lawsuit against the Yale Club

Mourners pay respects to slain Philadelphia police officer
Friday, May 09, 2008
PHILADELPHIA (AP) Hundreds of mourners lined up in the pouring rain outside a cathedral Friday to pay their respects

Kentucky death row inmate: 'I'm ready and I'm sorry'
Friday, May 09, 2008
EDDYVILLE, Ky. (AP) Marco Allen Chapman is ready to die. After more than three years of waiting for courts

Prosecutor: Arkansas school shooter not mistreated in jail
Friday, May 09, 2008
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) A prosecutor says there's no evidence that one of two Arkansas men who killed a

Data from Columbia disk drives survived the shuttle accident
Friday, May 09, 2008
Jon Edwards often manages what appears impossible. He has recovered precious data from computers wrecked in floods and fires

Citigroup to shed nearly $500B in assets
Friday, May 09, 2008
NEW YORK (AP) Citigroup Inc. said Friday it aims to shed about $500 billion in assets and grow revenue

A cat-and-bird game plays out in the streets of Tinseltown
Friday, May 09, 2008
LOS ANGELES (AP) The dossier spills over into two drawers of files full of hand-scribbled notes, maps marked with

Ohio woman sentenced to life for ice pick death of roommate
Friday, May 09, 2008
XENIA, Ohio (AP) An Ohio woman has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance for parole for

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Train quarantined in Ontario with mystery illness
Friday, May 09, 2008
TORONTO (AP) Authorities quarantined a train in Ontario Friday after a woman died and several others reported being ill.

Foreign donors open their wallets despite Myanmar problems
Friday, May 09, 2008
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) The Myanmar junta's refusal to let in foreign aid workers has not stopped donors from billionaire

Man loses 28 relatives in Myanmar village hit by cyclone
Friday, May 09, 2008
BOGALAY, Myanmar (AP) The 68-year-old fisherman tried to explain how a cyclone swept away his entire family, but could

Some of the world's deadliest disasters
Friday, May 09, 2008
A look at some of the deadliest natural disasters around the world in the past 40 years: October 2005:

UN seeks $187 million to aid cyclone survivors in Myanmar
Friday, May 09, 2008
UNITED NATIONS (AP) The United Nations is seeking $187 million from donor nations to help cyclone survivors in Myanmar.

Deadly cyclone overshadows Myanmar's vote on constitution
Friday, May 09, 2008
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) Myanmar's military junta pushed ahead Saturday with a referendum on a proposed constitution despite a devastating

Messages on 'Detainee News Network' call for detainees to boycott war-crimes trials
Friday, May 09, 2008
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) The message travels among Guantanamo detainees in whispers between recreation areas and shouts

Relief falls far short in Myanmar, aid organizers say
Friday, May 09, 2008
GENEVA (AP) No helicopters. Almost no boats. Floods and fallen trees on the roads. Many obstacles are keeping relief

Cease-fire in Pakistan's Swat Valley
Friday, May 09, 2008
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) Pakistani authorities and pro-Taliban militants declared a cease-fire Friday in the volatile Swat Valley in the

Sri Lanka election draws complaints
Friday, May 09, 2008
BATTICALOA, Sri Lanka (AP) A bomb blamed on Tamil Tiger rebels ripped through a cafe in eastern Sri Lanka

Rocket hits BBC bureau in Baghdad
Friday, May 09, 2008
BAGHDAD (AP) Shiite militants launched rockets toward the fortified Green Zone on Friday, taking advantage of a sandstorm that

Palestinian mortar shell kills Israeli man
Friday, May 09, 2008
JERUSALEM (AP) Palestinian militants fired four mortar shells at Israel from the Gaza Strip late Friday, killing an Israeli

Myanmar seizes UN aid supplies, 'not ready' to let in US
Friday, May 09, 2008
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) Myanmar's military leaders seized aid shipments headed for cyclone survivors and told the top U.S. diplomat

Election in Serbia may cripple hunt for Gen. Ratko Mladic
Friday, May 09, 2008
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) For 13 years, he has eluded capture for atrocities a U.N. judge described as ''scenes from

London police say ex-royal butler won't face perjury investigation over Diana inquest
Friday, May 09, 2008
LONDON (AP) London police say there is not enough evidence to justify a perjury investigation of royal butler Paul

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